岩袋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
岩 袋
いわ
Grade: 2 		ふくろ > ぶくろ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “stone bag”, 岩(いわ) (iwa, “stone, boulder”) + 袋(ふくろ) (fukuro, “bag”). The fukuro changes to bukuro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

岩(いわ)袋(ぶくろ) or 岩袋(イワブクロ) • (iwabukuro) 

  1. Pennellianthus frutescens

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

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